Sr. Director, Physical Security

Responsible for very large or complex data center sites across multiple regions or countries and defines the group wide strategy for performance monitoring, aligning KPIs and objectives to drive global efficiency, uptime, and customer satisfaction. Oversees capacity evaluations for physical, power, cooling, and security needs to ensure readiness and operational excellence, and partners with executive leadership on long‑term operational and financial targets.

Drives the adoption of automation and predictive analytics, establish crisis management and process improvement standards, and promote a culture of knowledge sharing and compliance. Leads major expansion initiatives, serves as the senior executive liaison across regions, develops partnerships, and manages the full lifecycle of hardware assets—overseeing installations, maintenance, and procurement, approving large investments, and directing audits to optimize efficiency, security, and scalability.

• Responsibility for very large or complex sites or responsibility for multiple regions/countries.

• Defines the enterprise strategy for performance monitoring for all data centers in group, aligning KPIs and organizational objectives to drive efficiency, uptime, and customer satisfaction at a global scale.
• Oversees the evaluation of physical, power, cooling, and security capacity, ensuring future‑readiness and sustained operational excellence.
• Partners with executive leadership to set and achieve multi‑year operational and financial targets for the group.

• Drives the adoption of automation and predictive analytics for regional/country technical issues, ensuring high availability and rapid remediation of service‑impacting events.
• Establishes and governs standards for escalation, crisis management, root cause analysis, and continuous process improvement.
• Champions a culture of knowledge sharing, ensuring best practices and lessons learned are disseminated regionally.
• Leads post‑incident review panels and process reform to ensure resilience and regulatory compliance.

• Leads expansion initiatives including new region builds, site launches, and transformation programs; ensures delivery on time, budget, and to quality standards.
• Serves as the primary senior executive liaison with cross‑regional portfolio leaders, engineering, and project management teams.
• Establishes partnerships (internal and external) to maximize resources, develop talent pipelines, and promote Oracle’s reputation for world‑class data center operations.

• Oversees and integrates all facets of installation, maintenance, logistics, and inventory management across several regionally dispersed or complex data center portfolios.
• Defines and enforces enterprise standards, setting expectations for efficiency, security, and scalability in procurement and lifecycle management of all hardware assets.
• Approves and manages multi‑million dollar investments in upgrades, capacity expansion, and critical infrastructure improvements.
• Directs operational audits and risk assessments to optimize deployment and maintenance strategies.

• Provides strategic oversight on the management and execution of large‑scale projects or initiatives, monitoring timelines, deliverables, and budgets when applicable to ensure success. Sets strategies for appropriately delegating work, setting priorities, and aligning projects with business needs. Drives the strategic planning process across teams, providing guidance on resources or timelines in anticipation of changes.